From 875c296b8ef42a796dc8db57a40b5e2228240c33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:38:53 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] V4L: removal schedule for V4L1 API States a date for removing V4L1 API Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 66e4ca28fc..429db4bf98 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre --------------------------- +What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. +When: July 2006 +Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 + series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough + means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is + already available on the main drivers and should be used instead. + Newer drivers should use v4l_compat_translate_ioctl function to handle + old calls, replacing to newer ones. + Decoder iocts are using internally to allow video drivers to + communicate with video decoders. This should also be improved to allow + V4L2 calls being translated into compatible internal ioctls. +Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab + +--------------------------- + What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid When: November 2005 Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c -- 2.39.5